Cooking stove broiler



Jly l1, 1950 J. M. cooK COOKING STOVE BROILERl 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 1e, 1947 July 11,'1950 J. M. cooK COOKING STOVE BROILER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 16,` 1947 INVENTOR. df/mes /7 6290A July ll, 1950 J. M. coQK 2,514,936

COOKING sTovE BROILER IN V EN TOR= cooking stove broiler.l j

Patented July 11, 1950 f;

` James Milton oook, Kalamazoc,1uch.,assignor and Furnace Company,

to Kalamazoo Stove Kalamazoo, Mich.

Application June 16, 1947,; .SenalfNa 7545855 This inventionrelatesl to improvements in a The principal objects of this invention are: First, to provide a broiler compartment and food support for acooking stove in which the food support will support the food directly under the burner and' may be easily Withdrawn from the broiler compartment and supported outside of the compartment to fully expose the food being cooked..

Second, to arrange asingle burner for heating both the oven and broiler compartments of a kcooking stove toward the front of the broiler v compartment sothat when vthe `broer pan is Withdrawn it will fully expose the food therein and still kbe adequately supported in the com-` v lpartnient.

Third, to provide abroiler body and pan for a cook stove arranged to support food products being cooked in thebroiler compartment in `the forward portion of 4the compartment so that partial withdrawal of the broiler body will fully expose the yidool specting. y Y

' Other objects and advantages relating to the details and economies' Iof the invention will be products for basting or in- 'apparent from the vfollowing description and Y claims.

The drawings, ofv lwhich there are two sheets, illustrate a preferred arrangement of my broiler chamber, burner element and broiler 'body in the body of 'a gas stove.

Fig. ljis a fragmentary plan view of a gas cooking stove partially 'broken away in horizontal cross section along theline l-'i in Fig. 2 Ito illustrate Vthe relative positions of the components of the'broiler assembly.l y y Fig. 2 is a ir'agmentaryvertcal cross ysectional View along the line 2&2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged 4:fragmenta-ry transverse vertical section on a line corresponding to line y8--3iof 'Fig-4. l Y

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view partially in' vertical section on a lin-e corresponding vto the broken line 4-4 of Fig. 3. l

A In vthe past it has been the practice in manu- -acturing cook stoves to provide 'an'oven compart- Y ment positioned above a broiler compartment :and

to 'locate ja single heating element or gas burner underneath the oven compartment Where :it would also direct heat into 'the "broiler compartment for broiling foods; These heating elements have 'universally been disposed longitudinally `of the broiler compartment Vto distribute their heat i f 'z' claims. (or 12s-*417) oven compartments. .'Ilhus afbroiler -pan iorsnp- ,porting Vfood beneath the .burner .element'neoessarily had to extend substantially to the 'back of the ybroiler .compartment .in order to take full Vadvantage of the heat of 'the 'heating element.

It is my present invention to provide a cook .stove vwith vsubstantially conventional oven and broiler compartments .but y'to provide a 'heating element which .has its major dimension extendjing transversely of the broiler compartment and Whiclfi isposi-tioned forwardly of' the longitudinal .center lneof the broiler compartment. By loca'ting the 'heating element 'in this position .I am

able toprovide .a .broiler .body which 'is slidable tin and out of the vbroiler compartment and arranged to ,support a broiler .pan vnear the vfront of the. broiler compartment. lThen when the 1broiler body .is Withdrawnirom the broiler cornpartrrent it will completely` expose the broiler pan While still having a suilicient portion of its length remaining in the .broiler compartment to lsupport itself and the 'broiler pan Without complicated levers or slides.

'This arrangement of the broiler body, pan and kheating element is 'particularly advantageous in that r`'the food 'being `cooked on 'the 'broiler pan may be easily withdrawn for inspection or Vnecessary tending without the danger oi coming 'in contact with any of the heated parts of the 'broiler .body or pan. Then the'cook is not required to liold up the -front of the broiler ,pan with one .hand .and has both handsfree to tend the 'food ras desired. As a f-urtherreature of my broiler jasserribly, I mount the'do'o'r to the broiler cornpartment on the broiler body so that the cook may open the broiler do'orand Withdraw the 'broiler .body all [by movement of a handle positioned on he outside of the broiler door which is not subject tothe heat oi thek compartment. j As a specific example of'my stove, I illustrate in 'tl'iev drawings a cook stove rl .having a ,rear wall 2, yside ivall '3 and Vfront wall 2l. The `front wall 4 .delines an oven opening 5 closed by the oven doo-r Al anda broiler opening?! closed by the broiler ,door 8. An oven bottom panel li separates 'the oven compartment flll from the broiler compartment I "l.y Thes'tove structure thus far described is of more or less standard construction .and has therefore not 'been described in greater detail.

.Near 'the bottom of the broiler compartment l I and'along each side thereof I provide a pair of uniformly from front to rear 'of the broiler and 55 The broiler body is 'preferably of pressed metal the door on the brackets.

spaced forwardly from the rear end of the broiler.

body and forming a stop limiting the rearward motion of the broiler pan in the broilerbody.`

The vertical ribs I8 are arranged to stop ythe l broiler pan in substantially centered relationship with the burner element I9 when both the broiler body and broiler pan are pushed to their inward limit in the broiler` chamber.

With reference to Fig. 1 it will be noted that the burner element I9 is of a familiar loop type construction but is disposed with its major axis extending transversely of the broiler chamber and positioned .forwardly of the longitudinal center of the broiler ,of an overhanging shoulder 2l on the' sides of the broiler body I4 so that as the broiler body is withdrawn its forward portion rolls on the rollers and its rear portion is supported von the rolls I3 rolling on the rail members I2. Stop vabutments 22 are pressed outwardly from the sidesv of the broiler body to engage the rollers 20 to limit the outwardv movement of the broiler body. It will be noted that the abutments 22 are located slightly to the rear of the vertical ribs I8 so that the broilerv body may be withdrawn from the broiler chamber until the ribs I8 and broiler pan I1 have substantially cleared the broiler opening I in the front wall of the stove. In this position the broiler body is still adequately supported in a horizontal position by engagement of the rollers I3 within the channelshaped cross section of thejside rails I2.

The lower front corners of the broiler` body are provided with forwardly extending brackets 23 having arcuatehinge portions 24 which are supported from the broiler body and arranged to vextend through the rear wall of the broiler compartment door 8. The hinge portions 2,4 dene holesA 25 for receiving pins hingedly supporting A coil spring 26 is provided between a hook 21 on the bottom of the broiler body and a hook 28 on the door for urging the door to closed position.

With the arrangement of parts thus described the cook may grasp the handle 29 of the broiler compartment door and by pulling outwardly Withdraw the broiler body and broiler pan from the broiler chamber. The broiler body and broiler pan may be extended to the position illustrated ,by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 where the broiler 4 ber. These notches prevent the broiler body from rolling out of the broiler chamber unintentionally and permit the broiler door to be opened easily without simultaneously withdrawing the broiler body.

I have thus described a highly practical commercial embodiment of my broiler arrangement so that others may reproduce the Asame without further disclosure. I yhave not attempted to illustrate possible minor changes in the details of construction as it is believed that others skilled the art may adapt my broiler arrangement to various types of stoves without further disclosure.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:v

,i 1. In combination with a cook stove having a broiler compartment, a vbroiler body of U-shaped cross section and having inwardly offset portions forming overhanging shouldersv along the bottom of 4each side thereof, support railsfof channelshaped cross 'sectionextending along the sides of said compartment, rollers secured to the fronts of said rails and engageable with the top walls of said shoulders to support the front of said body, said shoulders having upturned portions at the front ends thereof to form locating detents for said body, 'other rollers secured directly to the side walls of said shoulders at the'rear of said body and engageable with said support rails between the flanges thereof, stops pressed from the side of said body and spaced from the rear thereof to engage said first rollers to limit outward movement of said body, hinge brackets secured to the bottom of said body member inwardly of said shoulder and projecting forwardly therefrom, and a door having the projecting portions of said 'brackets pivotally connected thereto.

2. In combination with a cook stove having a broiler compartment, Aa broiler body of. U-shaped cross section and having inwardly offset portions forming overhanging shoulders along the bottom of each side thereof, support rails of channelshaped cross section extending along the sides of said compartment, rollers secured to the fronts of said rails and engageable with the top walls of said shoulders to support. the front of said body,` said shoulders having upturned portions at the front ends thereof to form locating detents for said body, other rollers secured directly to the side walls of said shoulders at the rear of said body and engageable'with said support rails between the flanges thereof, and stops pressed from the sides ofr saidshoulders and spaced from the 'rear thereof to'engagey said first rollers to limit outward movement of said body.

JAMES MILTON COOK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of thisl patent:

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